Cost of Mastering

[Lauen Bateman]

Just curious if anyone is familiar with how much it would cost to master a 10 song album.

[JeffS65]

Just curious if anyone is familiar with how much it would cost to master a 10 song album.

i may be a little rusty in my recollection but I think a good, mid-level mastering would be $100 - $150/hr and maybe 6+ hrs work. Should include spacing/sequencing, song levels etc. Assuming to have the final mixdown.

That's for a good master that starts with a good mix. Mastering is totally a 'you get what you pay for' deal. The big dogs get paid what they do for a reason.

[Jason_Dionne]

Check out this site, it sais all of the different cost for different things. It's in candian dollars though cause the studio is in Toronto.

http://www.silverbirchprod.com/mast-rate.php

[Lauen Bateman]

Rock on. Thanks guys. I'm trying to record am album and keep it somwhere within a $5000 budget. So I'm trying to get all my duck in a row and be very organized abour the whole process.

[Rebelbluesman]

Man why don't you go buy you a Boss BR-900 portable 8 Track Recorder with a total of 64 virtual tracks,onboard effects for guitars ,vocals,basses,midi's,etc.It has a built in condensor mic also for on the go.And it has a built in CD Burner when you finish editing,all for $600.00
Buy you a DVD INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FROM WWW.PROAUDIODVDs.COM,they have one for the BR-900,That will teach you how to start to end in 2 hours,and the Quality is equal to your local studio and your in control.Believe it works.Go to Boss or Roland .com and look up the BR-900 and watch the video's on it.Get the Version 2 BR-900 with 1gb card.